The Senate will never approve the House bill. Hopefully we may get a compromise bill.

daily how our congressional reps can vote against this if they have any intention of being reelected. Seems like they're working against their own best interests as well as their constituents'.

They have to somehow please their constituents, but without looking like they have the balls to stand up to trump.

But it was okay!

Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!

— Rep. Lauren Underwood (@underwood.house.gov) 2026-01-08T22:39:29.041Z

She does not fly around the country looking for kudos. She seldom attends social events in her own state. She puts her head down and works. Maybe it comes from being a nurse. Nurses work very hard.

It is notable that she represents the Illinois 14th District. It is Denny Hastert's old district. We all know the trouble he got into. Good riddance to him.

First of all, while the Obamacare subsidies were voted on and passed in the House, they did not "got them extended for the three years they had initially asked for" since the Senate still needs to pass them also and Trump sign the bill for them to take effect and mean anything. At this point, nothing has changed even though the bill passed the House.

Second, you said:

I really just wanted to acknowledge that the Democrats are doing what they can and making as much progress as possible with the hand they've been dealt. I should have done my research but am very busy potting plants and cooking dinner!

some praise for what they have done, even if those actions alone don't immediately change things. Democrata are doing what they can and signaling their priorities which align far more closely with the American public at large than the Republicans priorities do.

Fair play to those Democrats, like Jacob Frey above, forcing the press to cover their pushback

Agree

And it is so often a thankless job. We are lucky to have so many good people representing us and our values.

remain ever optimistic.

but it is really getting hard. I've seen the "tide turning" so many times already and then we get thrown backwards lightyears.

I've seen so many cycles over the years, but never anything close to this bad. In spite of setbacks over the decades, we still managed to move forward. Now I've never seen so much get undone in just one year.

bend the knee to tyrants. They must be fought at every turn. Run every Repug in the state out at the ballot box in 2026. Colorado stand you ground!

See video of Heather Cox Richardson

Start at 7:15 if you want the short version

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1322&pid=102020

I love the part where she keeps saying, “But I’m not done yet”

Thank you.

Heart

Thanks.

Let's give a nod to the handful of Republicans who found a soul. Rep. Massie has shown spine on the Epstein issue - for months.

They get a “good doggie” pat on the head and then put back on the kennel. Fuck republicans.

AND ILLEGAL ? If he's not shot down by the courts, he's being blocked more and more by his own party -- who have apparently figured out that he's going burn the GOP to the ground in the General Election in Nov rather than moderate his actions in any way. So more and more are getting out before the debacle.

There are going to be a lot of lame duck GOPers in Congress between Nov and Jan, and the best way they can hope to accomplish anything worth remembering is to turn on Trmp with a vengeance. Revenge is one of the few things Trmp understands -- it would be so lovely to see him buried under a flood of it from pissed-off GOPers.